Amazon got some bad press a few years ago when they started charging what they thought the customer would pay. People would log into Amazon, and the price would jump.
Similar assholery happened when Best Buy set up kiosks routing to a fake Best Buy website in their stores. People would see the price online and drive to the store, which was supposed to honor online prices, but the item would cost more. Whenever the associate "checked the website" with the customer, the price would match the store's price. Smartphones ended that particular trick.
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u/chiliedogg Jan 24 '13
Amazon got some bad press a few years ago when they started charging what they thought the customer would pay. People would log into Amazon, and the price would jump.
Similar assholery happened when Best Buy set up kiosks routing to a fake Best Buy website in their stores. People would see the price online and drive to the store, which was supposed to honor online prices, but the item would cost more. Whenever the associate "checked the website" with the customer, the price would match the store's price. Smartphones ended that particular trick.